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<div>Beth:</div>
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<div>Thank you for the voting legislation information.</div>
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<div>If anyone else here has a good relationship with their local legislators, please still let me know!</div>
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<div>Justin<br>
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<div>Justin M. Salisbury</div>
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<div>Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics</div>
<div>University of Wisconsin – Madison</div>
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On Jan 1, 2014, at 9:55 PM, "Elizabeth Rival" <<a href="mailto:erival@comcast.net">erival@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Justin, unfortunately Mr. lynch has passed on. But see below for your info you are looking for. Beth
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Senator Fasano,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you very much for meeting with some members of the National Federation of the Blind of CT in Mike Freda's office on Monday April 25th. We are grateful for your interest
in our issues concerning voting privacy and for your initiation of an amendment to ensure that vote-by-phone systems are tested and up-and-running for elections. Our ultimate goal is to, one day, have one voting system accessible to all our citizens. In the
meantime, if the vote-by-phone systems are tested and working on elections days, we feel that this is a significant step forward for blind people in our state. And, just possibly, some sighted peope will use it also!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Beth Rival, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">National Federation of the Blind of CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Mike Freda's response <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: Message from Mike Freda<br>
From: Michael Freda <<a href="mailto:Freda.Michael@town.north-haven.ct.us" title="blocked::mailto:Freda.Michael@town.north-haven.ct.us">Freda.Michael@town.north-haven.ct.us</a>><br>
Date: Wed, April 27, 2011 5:01 pm<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:llee@nfbct.org" title="blocked::mailto:llee@nfbct.org">llee@nfbct.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:llee@nfbct.org" title="blocked::mailto:llee@nfbct.org">llee@nfbct.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Beth,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">It was my pleasure to be able to host the meeting with Senator Fasano. Our goal is to support the National Federation of the Blind in every way and I think that
with Senator Fasano working with us we can make progress towards achieving the objectives that we spoke about. Mr. Fasano will be a driving factor for us in an effort to have the vote-by-phone system fully tested and up and running.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Once again, it was a pleasure to be with you, Charley, Nathaniel and Mr. and Mrs. Lynch here at town hall.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Michael J. Freda<br>
First Selectman<br>
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Town of North Haven<br>
Tel: 203-239-5321 ext. 760<br>
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<a href="mailto:freda.michael@town.north-haven.ct.us" title="blocked::mailto:freda.michael@town.north-haven.ct.us">freda.michael@town.north-haven.ct.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Senator Fasano's office responserepublican?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D"></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">acResolution 2010-01<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind has fought for the right of blind people to vote independently and privately for years; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">WHEREAS, the state of Connecticut has provided for its blind residents to do this by means of a telephone/fax system that completes the voter's paper ballot entirely
using the voter's input on the touch-tone telephone (vote-by-phone); and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">WHEREAS, blind voters have consistently experienced second-class treatment in the use of this system such as not having the "vote-by phone" equipment operational
when they arrive at their polling place thereby forcing them to wait up to 4 hours to vote; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">WHEREAS, in the 2010 general election at least two municipalities ran out of the standard paper ballots which registrars, the secretary of state, other political
leaders and at least one judge characterized as "running out of ballots" even though the vote-by-phone system was an alternative, thus further treating the vote-by-phone process at best as second-class and at worst as invalid; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">WHEREAS, the current use of standard paper ballots costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per election simply in printing expenses which can never be recovered
if any of these standard ballots are not used; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind advocates for the blind with special attention to providing solutions that will also benefit a large majority of the
public: Now, therefore,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut in Convention assembled this seventh day of November, 2010 in the town of North Haven, Connecticut
to call upon the Secretary of State, municipal registrars, and other political leaders to end the second-class treatment of voters who are blind; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call upon these officials to make one primary and preferred voting system accessible both to the majority of the public and to the
blind; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any additional system that the blind cannot use be considered secondary or an accommodation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 01, 2014 9:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] Voting Accessibility Champion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s an opportunity for you to play an important role in our legislative affairs.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We need to figure out who our best friends are in the state senate and house of representatives.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few years ago, perhaps 2010, a bill was passed in the Connecticut General Assembly that required voting stations to make sure that the accessible voting equipment actually worked (instead of previously just having it). I know that some
of our members had a good relationship with the legislator that shepherded this legislation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who was he?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Even if you have no idea what I’m talking about, if you have a good relationship with your local legislators, please let me know who they are (and, of course, who you are).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Forward march!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Justin Salisbury<o:p></o:p></p>
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